Pajamas.



J. P. VAN KIRK.

PAJAMAS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. 1915.

Patented May 22, 1917.

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JOHN PEASE VAN KIRK, OF BRADLEY BEACH, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO STEINER & SON, OF ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY.

PAJAMAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1917.

Application filed May 4, 1915. Serial No. 25,711.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'JoHN P. VAN KIRK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bradley Beach, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Pajamas, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide new and improved pajamas having trousers and coat in one piece to allow convenient donning of the garment, and provided with a sanitary drop seat adapted to be conveniently opened and closed without the use of buttons or other undesirable projecting fasteners so that the user is not inconvenienced by such fastening devices.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a coat and trousers integrally connected with each other at the sides and disconnected at the front and at the back, the coat having a lower extension overlying the upper portion of the trousers and the latter having a drop seat extending between the rear edges of the attached sides of the trousers, and a girdle attached to the upper portion of the drop seat and extending forwardly to be fastened together at the front of the garment.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pajamas as applied and with a portion of the coat broken out and the sanitary flap partly opened;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the pajamas with the lower end of the coat partly raised and a portion cut out and the drop seat partly opened;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the pajamas with the drop seat lowered and the coat shown in section; and

Fig. 4-is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

The pajamas consist of a coat A and trousers B having waistbands C and D fastened together at their adjacent edges along the sides of the garment so as to leave the front and the back of the coat A and the trousers B disconnected from each other. It will also be noticed that by this arrangement the Waistband C which is sewed to the outer face of the coat A extends upwardly from the upper edge of the waistband'D and consequently the said waistbands do not overlie each other thereby avoiding bulkiness. The coat A is open at the front and adapted to be fastened together by fastening devices E such as buttons and buttonholes. The upper front portion of the trousers B has the usual front fly opening the usual overlying flaps of which are adapted to be fastened together by fastening devices F such as buttons and buttonholes. The coat A is provided below the waistband C with an extension flap G overlying the upper portion of the trousers B, and as the waistband C is sewed to the outer face of the coat, it formsa reinforcement to which the waistband D is sewed thus dividing the strain that would otherwise be put entirely on the coat fabric, and preventing tearing or splitting of the same.

The side edges H and the rear side edges B of the trousers B are adapted to overlap at the time the said drop seat H is in closed position. The upper end of the flap H is provided with a girdle I having its ends extending forwardly and passing through .loops J attached to the waistband D of the trousers B, the terminals of the girdle I being adapted to be tied together at the front of the trousers or fastened together by suitable fastening devices such as buttons and buttonholes, buckles and similar fastening devices well known in this art.

It will be noticed that when the drop seat H is in closed position the girdle Ioverlies the waistband D of the trousers, and the extension flap G overlies the upper portion of the trousers and the drop seat H so that the latter is not visible. By the use of the girdle I the drop seat H can be firmly held in closed position and on disconnecting the free ends of the girdle one from the other the drop seat H can be readily swung downward into open position. It will also be noticed that by the arrangement described the drop seat is held in closed position without the use of buttons or simllar fastening devices, which are very undesirable at the back of the garment as they are liable to hurt the wearer when in a position of repose.

Having thus described my mventlon, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. Pajamas comprising a coat andtrousers, the coat having a waist band surrounding the same and a skirt extension below the waistband, the trousers having a waistband at the upper end, guide loops secured to said waistband, side seams and a drop flap at. the rear of the side seams, the lower edge of the coat waist band being permanently attached to the upper edge of the trousers waistband but only from the side seams forwardly to a point located at each side of the front center of the trousers, said trousers having a front fly, and a strap at the free upper end of the drop flap adapted to pass through the aforesaid guide loops and overlie the waistband of the trousers and to be fastened together at the front and lie beneath the skirt of the coat.

2. Pajamas comprising a coat and trousers, said trousers having a front fly, side seams, a rear drop flap and a waistband at the upper end, the drop flap being entirely free between the side seams, the trousers being permanently secured at the waistline to the inside of the coat from the side seams forwardly to a point located at each side of the front center of the trousers, guide loops secured to the waistband of the trousers, straps at the free upper end of the drop flap adapted to pass through the aforesaid guide loops and be fastened at the front of the trousers, the coat overhanging the trousers and drop flap thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN PEASE VAN KIRK.

Witnesses:

DORA J Mnv'ron, JULIE'r rnB. LECKLER. 

